Hygiena 2018, 63(1):5-9 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1553

Tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and marijuana abuse in secondary school pupils in the Ústí Region

Ladislav Pyšný¹, Jana Pyšná¹, Dominika Petrů¹, David Cihlář¹, Karol Görner²

¹ Univerzita J. E. Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, Pedagogická fakulta, Ústí nad Labem

² Univerzita Mateja Bela v Banské Bystrici, Filozofická fakulta, Banská Bystrica

Assessed is tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and marijuana abuse by students of "standard secondary schools" of the Ústí Region. The Ústí Region is specific in a range of factors which could support increased intake of these drugs, and results of some studies bring only data covering the whole republic. For data collection were used questions from the European Model Questionnaire (EMQ), focused on this issue. The survey was carried out at 43 secondary schools, where in there have been evaluated 3,558 questionnaires, 1,809 from boys and 1,749 from girls. Our results describe the high intake of selected drugs in high school boys and girls difference in the Ústí Region and the from other, similarly focused researches, following data from the whole Czech Republic. In the evaluation of tobacco smoking, almost 42% of there enquired do smoke at present (more girls than boys) and relatively a considerable proportion of them drink alcohol, 87% indicated the consuming of alcohol in the last 12 months and 73% in the last the 30 days. Usage of cannabis substances admitted 30% of students in the last 12 months and 15% of students in the last 30 days. Statistically significant differences between boys and girls were found in all the responses evaluated. Tobacco smoking prevailed among girls, whereas boys indulged more in alcohol and marijuana abuse. The present results in certain age groups have been compared with nation-wide studies, indicating a greater prevalence of tobacco smoking.

Keywords: adolescents, alcohol consumption, tobacco smoking, marihuana use

Published: April 30, 2018  Show citation